Today see's the annual pilgrimage of the Royal British Legion to London's Royal Albert Hall, where the audience and the nation will join Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth in paying their respects to those who have laid down their lives in pursuit of Peace.
Earlier in the week I was listening to BBC London when Vanessa Feltz posed a question surrounding the wearing of poppies. A number of callers were, in my opinion, under the misguided impression that wearing a poppy was an act of condoning war! It could not in fact, again in my opinion, be further from the truth. I consider the wearing of a poppy our annual reminder that so many have given up so much in order that we might be free to live our lives the way we choose. I can only hope that as many of you as possible have donated to this years appeal, and that you are wearing your poppies with pride!
